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"Larry Pieniazek" <lpieniazek@mercator.com> wrote in message news:GJDrnz.7q4@lugnet.com...
> In lugnet.loc.uk, Markham Carroll writes:
> >
> > Huw Millington <hmillington@cix.co.uk> wrote in message
> > news:GJCy1q.KFo@lugnet.com...
> > > [...] (because they are 'keep Sunday special' supporters!)
> >
> > And just what is wrong about this? What's wrong about having a day off to be
> > with the family?
>
> Nothing. And if you choose to run your firm that way, it ought to be your
> perogative to do so. No law should prevent you from closing your shop on
> whatever day you choose, just as no law should prevent you from *opening*
> your shop on whatever day (and for whatever hours) you choose.
>
> Who are "keep Sunday special"? Are they the same sort of nutters that we
> have here in the US that force certain sorts of stores to be closed on
> Sunday in certain jurisdictions and prevent certain sorts of merchandise
> from being sold even if they are open? (for example here in Grand Rapids, no
> stores can sell liquor before Noon on sundays. Talk about your unfair
> restraint of trade...
>
> If the proprietor of The Entertainer chooses not to open on Sunday, or not
> to stock Harry Potter, more power to him. Remind me not to buy shares in the
> firm, though, as he's not running his business in the most effective manner
> by doing that unless there is a huge contingent of folks that prefer it that
> way to the point of not shopping elsewhere even if The Entertainer's stock
> is 'rubbish'...
The problem, if there is one, was created by bizarre rules about what could and couldn't be sold on Sundays.
Whilst for many years, much long after the US had changed, it was 'illegal' for most shops to trade on Sunday, however
it was also clear that many people wanted to shop.
Prime example was DIY. Folks want to do DIY at weekends - but stores were not allowed to sell them DIY products.
Challenge was though - how do you differentiate?
So they basically gave in and said anyone can sell anything, anytime.
They have recently got rid of the no-alcohol on sunday mornings in the UK I think.
regards
lawrence
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